Looking for pointers (not the dogs)

Asterisk Asterisk Support
#1

I’m a total newbie…

I’ve skimmed the manual but would love some pointers on what I should focus on to get me started…

I love learning and am a open source kid mostly a php boy but love learning new stuff…

So what am I looking to do…

Well that what I was hope to get some help with…

I was thinking that maybe a good start would to route a PSTN to skype ?

I’m up for the research and the system is a amazing but any pointers on the first steps to get just a basic part working would be most welcome…

#2

I don’t think PSTN to Skype would be a good first exercise.

Instead I’d try for a SIP/SIP connection using the XLite software. This requires no additional hardware (like an ATA or interface card) to make the connection aside from another friend with a computer.

And, in my opinion, PSTN-to-Skype isn’t very illuminating, as you can already do that within Skype.